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a red state democrat against gun control will be enthusiastic being lobbied by the president? bill: that is interesting. >> final issue is ethical. this is fraught with all kinds of ethical perils. laws say the white house can not spend resources to lobby the congress. and that may mean, you can't take white house personnel and send them to go do fund-raising events for this obama for america. there are strictures what guidance the white house can give. you can't direct a group. the white house can't pull the people in, here are the five things we want you to do, go do them. bill: but the intent here, and familiar players, jim messina, david axelrod, stephanie cutter. robert gibbs, those are all people that have been with him for the past five plus years. but the idea is to push what the president believes are the right ideas and policies for the country regardless as to whether or not the democratic party is pushing for the same thing. >> there will be a tension. look, increasingly democrats my name is on the ballot in 14 or 16. u.s. is not, mr. president. what the heck are y
a red state democrat against gun control will be enthusiastic being lobbied by the president? bill: that is interesting. >> final issue is ethical. this is fraught with all kinds of ethical perils. laws say the white house can not spend resources to lobby the congress. and that may mean, you can't take white house personnel and send them to go do fund-raising events for this obama for america. there are strictures what guidance the white house can give. you can't direct a group. the white...
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that's why president obama is going to have a hard. it's impossible to get it through the republican controlled house. he will never do that and probably not going to get it through the democrat controlled senate. the question is is why does he even try? why is he wasting everybody's time? >> first of all, president obama, we have a crisis of security in america. people don't feel safe. it may be that no laws we pass are going to make americans feel safer. i will tell you this, the president has to act. furthermore congress should consider the proposals that he is extending. are they going to solve the problem in they may or may not. >> bill: you know as well as i do you came out of the house. the house is never going to pass any ban on assault rifles. they are not going to do it. >> bill, in 2000 -- no, it was 1994, the house voted 216 to 214 to ban assault westles. >> bill: that's 19 years ago and a whole different climate. >> you are right. this time there will be more democrats that will support it than last. there will be less rep
that's why president obama is going to have a hard. it's impossible to get it through the republican controlled house. he will never do that and probably not going to get it through the democrat controlled senate. the question is is why does he even try? why is he wasting everybody's time? >> first of all, president obama, we have a crisis of security in america. people don't feel safe. it may be that no laws we pass are going to make americans feel safer. i will tell you this, the...
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government, the obama administration says state department, they don't negotiate with terrorists. the terrorists say they are willing to free the americans in exchange for prisoners being held here. what do you do in a situation like this? what advice do you have? >> there's a difference between communication and concessions. the u.s. doesn't make concessions. there should be lines of communication set up so they can gather information for tactical purposes, if you will. they can begin to understand what is going on behind the scene and find out where the pressure buttons are and what what they are worried about and take advantage of that. >> so if you were involved in this, what would you be doing? >> i would make contact, the bad guys and communicate sounds what is going on. >> what advice -- let's say family members are watching right now. what advice do you have for them? >> this is a horrifying time for them. the hardest thing for them to do is to sit tight. the fb. hostage negotiators are the people they need to be talking to so they understand what to do next. talk to the f
government, the obama administration says state department, they don't negotiate with terrorists. the terrorists say they are willing to free the americans in exchange for prisoners being held here. what do you do in a situation like this? what advice do you have? >> there's a difference between communication and concessions. the u.s. doesn't make concessions. there should be lines of communication set up so they can gather information for tactical purposes, if you will. they can begin to...
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and there were just five state senators, including barack obama, who voted "present" on that bill. >>steve: i see the daily caller -- you've tracked down a long record on obama voting against tough on crime legislation. >> my colleague and i went to chicago. this was in the midst of the election and picked up opposition research prepared by jack ryan, obama's onetime republican senate point. he found all this information. the way he frames it, and i think it's probably right, is that obama was always very soft on crime but very tough on guns. every time obama had a crime vote to take when he was in the illinois state senate, he always voted "present" because he didn't want to -- for two reasons. one, he said that criminal law disproportionately affected african-americans. he saw a racial component there. additionally, he said i don't want to clog the court system with all these cases. what do you want to clog the court system with? we thought given his rhetoric on guns lately it would be interesting to bring up this vote where he said i don't want to give tougher prosecution to chi
and there were just five state senators, including barack obama, who voted "present" on that bill. >>steve: i see the daily caller -- you've tracked down a long record on obama voting against tough on crime legislation. >> my colleague and i went to chicago. this was in the midst of the election and picked up opposition research prepared by jack ryan, obama's onetime republican senate point. he found all this information. the way he frames it, and i think it's probably...
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white house officials are now saying president obama is receiving regular updates on this situation which remains as you say ongoing and sensetive. the numbers involved here have varied wildly with the latest from algeria's state news service now saying nearly 100 of 132 hostages seized have been freed. that word comes after algerian security forces launched a helicopter assault on the complex yesterday. 18 of the islamist militants have been reported killed. however there are reports two filipino hostages have died. earlier today britain's prime minister confirmed the death of one britain. he said london received no advance notice of the helicopter raid. >> when i spoke to the algerian prime minister later last night he told me this first operation was complete but this is a large and complex site and they are still pursuing terrorists and possibly some of the hostages in other areas of the site. the algerian prime minister has just told me this morning they're now looking at possible routes to resolve this crisis. >> reporter: the two prisoners, the hostage-takers want released are a pa
white house officials are now saying president obama is receiving regular updates on this situation which remains as you say ongoing and sensetive. the numbers involved here have varied wildly with the latest from algeria's state news service now saying nearly 100 of 132 hostages seized have been freed. that word comes after algerian security forces launched a helicopter assault on the complex yesterday. 18 of the islamist militants have been reported killed. however there are reports two...
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this is all part of the first lady's birthday was yesterday, happy birthday, michelle obama, she turned 49. and part of the gift apparently was a brand-new twitter account that is @flotus, first lady of the united states. we're told that she has two accounts, the @michelleobama, from her campaign days, that's now managed by the democratic national committee and this new one will be the primary place where people can find out updates about her official duties as first lady and as you just mentioned, one of the first pics to come out of this, first lady with bangs that everybody is talking about. take a look at that, brooke. >> there she is. >> a lot of people are talking about it. >> she can do her hair however she wants to. a, we would still be talking about it, because she's first lady. b, she looks amazing. >> yep. >> she would look amazing. >> yep. >> moving on from the flotus to a senator in florida. i was talking to john saturday zarrella, he's sometimes on the space beat or python beat, they have been hunting python because they're all up in the everglades. now we have this florid
this is all part of the first lady's birthday was yesterday, happy birthday, michelle obama, she turned 49. and part of the gift apparently was a brand-new twitter account that is @flotus, first lady of the united states. we're told that she has two accounts, the @michelleobama, from her campaign days, that's now managed by the democratic national committee and this new one will be the primary place where people can find out updates about her official duties as first lady and as you just...